"Wayne Dernoncourt"  wrote in message    
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   > On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:15:30 -0400, PhantomSteve wrote   
   > (in article ):   
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   >> Nicole Massey entertained (or was it annoyed?) us in message:   
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   >>> "Wayne Dernoncourt"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:0001HW.CC257B440001A8ABB030A9DF@news.panix.com...   
   >>>> I have all of the B5 books so far (not the trilogies, but the   
   >>>> script/What the   
   >>>> hell happened/etc. books, at least I think I have), what I would love   
   >>>> to have   
   >>>> but doubt I ever will are electronic versions of these books.  I have   
   >>>> all of   
   >>>> the books, but I've stopped reading them.  Why?  I've damaged some of   
   >>>> the books (and they've been replaced by the scripts team), but if I   
   >>>> go back and   
   >>>> re-read them, replacements won't be available.  Also those things end   
   >>>> up being heavy.  I'd love to be able to carry three or four of those   
   >>>> books around when I go on vacation.  A Kindle or an iPad version   
   >>>> would be lots more   
   >>>> portable than the printed copy.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm sure that my dream will remain unfulfilled, but I can still have   
   >>>> it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> I discussed this with Joe at one point in the past, and he was wary of   
   >>> doing electronic versions of the script books for legal reasons. For   
   >>> me it was simply an accessibility issue, as I'm blind.   
   >>>   
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   >>   
   >> They would also have to consider how they do it - one of the "features"   
   >> of the books is that they would not be available in the future after the   
   >> end of the publication window.   
   >>   
   >> They also couldn't publish them exactly as they were, as another thing   
   >> they always say is basically "these won't ever be published in their   
   >> entirety again" - the deal when they were first published was similar to   
   >> the one for the "Echoes" series:   
   >>   
   >>     "PLEASE DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN BY LIMITED EDITION.   
   >>     These books will never, ever be available again. This compilation   
   >> under a different title will never, ever be available again. Really.   
   >> Name any ploy used by an unscrupulous "limited edition" publisher   
   >> and know that we will not do that.   
   >>   
   >>     That said, it is possible that some of the content could be   
   >> available somewhere else, someday, separately. "Separately" is the   
   >> key word here. For example, one of the interviews could be   
   >> republished in another book."   
   >>   
   >> Steve   
   >   
   > After doing some more thinking about this stuff what about embedding the   
   > buyers name, email, address, etc. in each copy (multiple times).  Each    
   > person   
   > would be able to "buy" one copy/license for each copy of the volume.  I   
   > typically buy two copies of each volume, I don't know why, my wife is    
   > pretty   
   > sure I'm crazy but that is a different issue.  But since I buy two    
   > copies   
   > and deliver to the same address, I would be eligible to get 1 electronic   
   > version for all of my electronic gadgets - format's not withstanding.  I   
   > don't know if PDF, some sort of Amazon/Apple format would be more    
   > appropriate   
   > since the more proprietary formats would lend themselves to additional   
   > features but also obsolescence.   
      
   A common tactic in RPG books is to watermark the buyer's name on each page    
   of the pdf.   
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